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Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
THE LETTER.

Through common hands, unmindful of its worth,
A little missive found its way to me;
And regarded il half carelessly,
Believing that no more upon this earth
A written liae could bring me Joy or dearth.
But as I read, a sudden, solemn thrill
Flung over me cold akin to pain;
And cords within me, never struck in vain,
Leapt into life and swayed my soul at will,
As some slight sapling en- wind-swept hill
It told me nanght had not known before
That letter-yet tiny, fluttering hope
Till then within my world-worn heart had
scope
For gauzy wings, whose rosy texture wore
The golden glints my early fancies bore
Ny lips grow pale where sneers are won't to sit,
Tears fill the eyes I thought too fierce to
weep;
And all my pride two words can oyerleap-
For only two the letter has in it,
But potent, paralyzing: please Remit"
.-7y/5.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
TRANSPlANTlNG SKIN.
An Interesting Experiment in New Yorh
Medical College.


"Do you notice that small patch of light
colored flesh on this negro's back?" asked
an operating surgeon of q New
York Ndu and Express report
er, pointing to discoloration
on the back Of a negro who was lying
stripped upon an operating table in an
uptown hospital
Eyes; what caused it:"
''Ten weeks ago this man while working
in shoe factory fell against roller
which stripped his back almost entirely Of
its flesh. He was brought here and we
grated on his back small pieces OF flesh
which were taken from the arm of medi-
cal student who was willing to sacrifice
himself to science"
''Was it done to save his life:"
mo, it was painful but not fatal.v
"Fhy was it done, theu?"
Simply to observe what effect the en-
grating would have on the color Of the
transpianted cuticle. At first it remained
white, but it is slowly turning black. 1t is
now light chocolate in color. and in a
month o. so moro you can't tell it from his
original skin by its shade"
is that operation often performed?"
'Ecry seldom. Once before, some years
ago, we transplanted piece Of negro's
sk.n TO the back of q white patient, and in
three months it was as white as the rest of
his body. We wanted to see whether the
rule wonld work both ways, and we find
that it does. It has been an extremely in
teresting experiment for the students of
our medical college, and was made chiefly
on their account
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
Whooping- Cough in a Cat.

Mr. o. Bowen, Of Liverpool, writes to
the BRITISH lnedica! Journal: ''For the past
few weeks l have had under my care a
little boy suffering from a more than
usually severe attack Of whooping-cough,
and his mother informs me that for quite
a fortni ght their cat has had five or six
distinct fits of'coughing daily, similar in
every respect to the boys, which end
after the expectora tion of frothy mueus.
The cat between the attacks is tolerably
bright and active, though not so lively as
she formerly was, and has considerably
fallen away in condition.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
Royal Recreation.

King Otto of Bavaria, whose menta.
condition is really pitiable, has now
taken to peeling potatoes fer pastime.
At last accounts he claimed to have
contract to peel all the potatoes used
in the Munich hotels. 1t is so rare that
a monarch takes a whiin in the direc-
ton Of useful labor that we are con-
strained at this moment to regard Otto
as the most useful divine-right poten-
tate in Europe. When the Gar Of
Russia takes to saving wood and the
Emperor of Austria learns the shoe
making trade we shall hold that the
European end of civilization Is moving
inward in the scale.-N T. World.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
Lung Troubles and wasting

Diseases can be cured, if properly treated
in time. as shown by the following state
ment from d. G. Freeman, Sydney: "Hav-
attacks, and gradually wasting away for the
past two years, it affords me pleasure to
testify that ScorT's EMULSION of Cod Liver
Oil with Lime and Soda has given me great
relief, and cheerfully recommend it to all
suffering in a similar way to myself. In ad-
dition, would say, that it is very pleasant
to tallen
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

TaosE who are ,trying to break up the
-baneful habit of intemperance&inex expert
ence great benefit from the use of Prickly
Ash ,Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Prickly Ash Bitters viii remedy the evil re
suits and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby strengthen
ing the WI Will power th0roqgshIy Dug Gleansng and
taint of disease. 1t is purely amedicine and
while pleasant to the taste, it can not be
used as a beverage by reason Of its cathartic
properties.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

For constipation, oliver complaint" or
biliousness, sick headache, and all diseases
arising from disordered condition of the
liver and stomach, take DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Purgative PelIets--a gentle laxative CT
active catnartic, according to size of dose.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
Omar No. LII

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pieces in satin-lined plush case-- ;.
Address at once,
r. w. -TANsILb &-Co.,
IS State&Street; Chicago
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
Tbree Bc.tles Cure Catarrf,.

ELI RoBBrSs. Rul1ian r; o.. Columbia Go.
She was five years ola, very badly. ] saw DR..
'Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised. and pro-
cured bottle for her, and soon saw s,,,a lnat l1
nc1it cure. she is now eighteen years old ana
eound and hearty"
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

In proportion to its size the mosquito
drawssbetter than the average cigarette -
New HGusn Nsus.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

WIEN the dog pound man makes a big
haul at so much per head, he puts it down
as red-setter day.-Pack
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

CoNP1ExIoEAL Defects are era alicated, not
hidden, by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye SOC. The best
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

MANY initiate, none equal "Tansills $
Punch" &c. Cigar.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

The club man sings: 1.-THE half has not
been told" And it's his better half at that.
-Dullth PGrGqropheT.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

Bridget. you are never in the
kitchen when want You. How is its''
"Sure, mum, it's for the raison there
no tellin' when you're 2 wantin' raa-
- The Epoch
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

A GREAT many orators have what may be
described as an ill-imitable style. e.-Dalath
.PdrGqEapher.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

OUTWARD bound book. - Hdyper's
BGSdr
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

THE favorite poets for the sea shore are
Shelley and Crabbe.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

MANY a man who has not penny In his
pocket owns corn be would not alioW you
70 sten on for the world British Lion.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

CHRONIC nasal catarrh positively cured by
DR.. Sage's Remedy.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
THE ffARftEF

2 s5oxrHs treatment for Sec Piso's
Re1<s4y Cor Catarrh S2ld ~ druggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

NOTE -BRoKE2s, like BARRIERS, make their
living by shaving. g.-Boston Budget
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15

MUITs will be very small this winter, but
aar-Labs will remain as large as ever.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
ssConstantiy Hawking and snisting.n

THOMAS J. RUSHING, .Esq., Ssos Pine Street,
ST. LoAis, Mo-, writes: u was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. AZ times could
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. |
thought nothing could he done Tor me. LUCK
ily. was advised to Try Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and / am now well man. believe
il to be the only sure remedy for cataTfn now
manufactured, and one has only 10 give u 9
fair trial to experience astounding results and
81 parTnnpnr1t QIrrp.b
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
"Untold Agony from, Catarrr,.o

Prof. w. HAusNER, the. famous mesmerist
Of ithaca, " Y, writes: Some ten years ago
/ suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrii. My family physician gave me up a5
inciraDie. and said [ must die. My case was
such q bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become so hoarse 1 could
boreIvsr,eak above whisper. In the morning
nv c0ugbing and clesring Of my throat would
almost stranrie me. BY the use Of Dr. 6ages 6
Catarrh Remedy in three months, was vel
man, and the cure has been permanent.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
Sick Headache

Is cre af the most distressing aGectons and nao,,
who are its victiEs deserve sympathy. Rrt tls
great success Hoods Sarsaparilla has had in
sick headache make it seem almost foolish IN onsv
the trouble to continue. BY its tonng ana invi.os
ating effect upon the digestive organs, Hoods so,ss
parilla readily gives relief when headache ortss-
from Indigestion; and in neuralgia condition. ~
building up the system, Hoods Sarst 7arila ~.
moves the cause and hence overcomes the diffon,,v
Il have been subject to bad spells Of sick hsa1,
ache for number Of years, and could get nothing
to help for any length Of time until took H,oIs
Sarsaparilla. This medicine relieved me from ~.
first. l have not had the sick headache sinco
MRS. N. f. KING, wife Of Judge D. s. Kne. VIII
nington. Ohio.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-08-12

ed it, and the brave girl drew the drown
ing man above the water and by means Of
the shawl held him upon the edge Of the
ice until help came. Loud shouts answered
the screams Of the Vermont girls, and soon
the sharp ring Of skates was heard, and
then the young New Yorker, with his
whole force of ship builders from the point
came with ropes and lanterns. The young
man was quickly lifted from his perious
position in the water, and then the girl who
saved his life sank fainting upon the ice.
She was taken up tenderly, strong arms
lifted the half drowned Vermont boy, 9TH
ers gave assistance TO the other ladies', and
soon all were at their homes, thankful that
their lives had been spared
The next day the whole story of the ad-
venture on the ice was told The leader,
when they started from Juniper island,
had no difficulty in following the marks of
the skates made by the party going out,
and in a short time he reached Shelburne
point, and turned 10 congratulate his com
panions. To his infinite surprise and alarm
they were not with him. He shouted fran
tically and dashed back toward the island,
leaving the lady. Nothing could be seen of
the others. He shouted himself hoarse, but
received no answer. Then realizing that
turned TO the point, took off his skates and
ran as quickly as possible to where the
shipbuiders were, mustered the whole force
and at once began search. They got all
the ropes and cables and tied them together,
stretched the long line along the shore, and
then stringing themselves out the full length
of the line they started out to sweep the
whole lake in search of the lost one Hard
ly mile from the point they found them,
and Just in time TO safe the life of the young
man, as has already been related. And it
was indeed a narrow escape for them all,
for that night the rain and wind broke up
the ice on the lake, and the next morning
long streaks of blue water could be seen
through the wide riffs in the ice.
Soon after this the visitor returned to
her home in East Tennessee, and did not
again meet the young man whose life she
had saved until the war cloud had burst
over the land and the storm of death had
spent its fury and died away.
When President Lincoln in 1851 called
for 5000 volunteers, the young Vermont
er answered the call and was one of the
first to be mustered into the service. He
was gallant soldier, and rose from the
ranks to a captains position. When peace
was declared, he was in East Tennessee,
and being ordered with his company into
one Of the upper counties to quel some dis
turbance, he met the brave girl who had
saved his life ON Lake Champlain. He was
soon after mustered out of service, but in
stead of returning North he remained in
East Tennessee, and is now a citizen of
Knoxville, with the brave girl who kept
him from drowning as his wife and the
mother of his children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-08-12
MISCELLANY.


Nothn' to say, my daughter Nothin Mt all to
Girls that's in love, I've noticed gincr'ly has their
way
Yer mother did, aforc you when her folks object
ed to me
Ylt here am, aud here you air, and yer mother
where Is she!
Youlook lots like your mother. Purity much same
In size;
And about the same completed; and favorabout
the eyes.
Like her, too about llyn here, because she could
MT stay;
TN most seem like you was dead like hcr-but !
hain't got nothin' to say!
She left you her little Bible-writ yer name acrost
the page
Aud left her ar-bobs fer YOU, ef ever you come Of
age;
I've allus KEEP 'em and gyaurded EN-, but ef yer
gOln' away
Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to
say!
You don't riltolect her, Ireckong No; you WASH /
year old then,
And now yer-how old air youf Why, child. not
twenty" When
And yer next birthdays in Aprillcy and you want
TO Kit married that day.
| wisht yer mother was livin' butt
halnt got nOthin' to say.
Twenty year! and as good gyurl as parent ever
found!
There's a straw ketched onto yer dress there-I'll
bresh II On-turn round.
GIer mother was Jest twenty when us two run
awayD
Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to
say!
james HhHcon,b RHey in Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-08-12

handing us anything, especially a cup Of
drink. In olden times, when the alcalde
was supreme, whenever an Indian passed
him he must take of his hat OF handker-
chief, and pass it 10 the acade, with both
hands, as in supplication, when the official
would hand it back TO him. advising him 10
be a good Indian, to work WE'LL and 10 take
care Of his family.
After leaving Comaltepec and beyond
Totontepec, we were in the country Of the
Mics Indians less educated and wilder
than the others. When we reached the
first Of their villages we could see them
hiding behind bushes and vines, and dart
ing from one covert to another, 10 have a
look at us. At night, party Of men went
around shouting sing song in chorus,
warning the inhabitants that they must all
turn out TO work on the roads, in the morn
ing a custom have since observed in the
Pueblos of New Mexico.
The most beautiful forests lay along the
ridges we were travelling on, but we were
weary of them, and heartily wished for the
end Of the journey though the numerous
towns in the valleys and on the slopes of
the hills, with their varied population, al
ways excited fresh interest. Passing
through the thriving town Of Chichicaste-
pee, we spent the night at Yalaleg anoth-
er Indian settlement. All the country we
had traversed, except of course the noun
tain ridges and forests, was agricultural,
densely inhabited and thoroughly cultivat-
ed. We had made long detour at Comal-
tepec, 10 the south, but rejoined our old
trail at Cohonos, reaching this small Indian
hamlet without a scrap of provision Of any
sort remaining. To our sorrow, we found
uaari,, oil tb., iuboIttortg oIg.pt in, tbuir
corn fields, and could get nothing but n few
strips Of tdSsdJO, or dried beef, which we
roasted on the Goals, and ate with exceed
ing great relish 1t was late in the day
when we entered the mountain forest we
had first penetrated in coming into the de
partment Of Villa Alta, and night over
took US still in its depths. Had we pos
sessed any food, we should have camped
in the woods, but we had nothing, and hop
ed to find some at Guagimoloya, miles
ahead. So we plodded on, in deep dark
ness, leaving 10 our mules the finding Of
the trail. In any other part of Mexico
this travel by night in such a wild region
would have been attended with danger /;
but in Southern Mexico safety generally
enwraps the feet Of the traveller As we
climbed a rugged hillside, between immense
rocks and trees, we saw a camp fire CLEAN
below us and heard the loud laughter Of Il
party Of Indians returning from OaIaca
The naturalist seemed to have preserved a
faint recollection Of the trail, and so led
the party finally reaching Gaugimooya at
about 10 O'Clock that night. The same
surly crowd we had first met looked as
kance at us as we entered the log hut, but
we secured seats at the blazing hearth and
finally procured coffee and tortillas, and
permission to sleep on the floor
The next day we rode into Oaxaca, men
and mules entirely exhausted and having
spent the last ceHtdro we had taken with
us, at the foot Of the hills.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-08-12

"Never take a sulky girl in a buggy,
says Harper's Weekly, and the Springfield
Union says it won't as long as it can take a
hanson girl in a phaeton,
People who read that the government is
TO spend 800, 900 in removing the bar at
Sandy Hook need not suppose that it has
gone into the prohibition business. On the
contrary, the design is TO assist schooners
over the bar, Telegraph.
A farmer said One thing don't like
about city folks-they be either so stuck up
that you can't reach 'em with haystack
pole, or so blamed friendly that they forget
to pay their bills.-BuGdlo Express.
A Main-street mother was whipping her
boy yesterday and as she applied the rod
she shouted "Will you behave now Z
eyes, bubbered the throbbing boy, II will
if you will. "-Nei0- London Day.
Two-years- Robert at the breakfast
table the other morning heard his father
and mother exchange the compliments Of
the day with their guests until he coulC
stand it no longer, and interrupted then
with Papa, let me tell my tory now.
want some hash. concord Monitor.
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NO. 80.

abruptly boltcd The captain remained
He brought the elder woman a glass Of wa
ter, and famed her while he listened with
a sad but kindly face to the young woman's
story.
Il seems that the boys mother lived thir-
ty miles in the country. Vague reports
reached her that her son was in trouble, and
she rode in with neighbor, arriving an
hour or two after the execution. caught
this much Of it, and then an eager desire
seized me to follow the example Of the gen.
eral and the major. As | went out Of the
door / looked back The old woman was
silently praying while the tears ran down
her withered cheeks lIcr friend looked
down upon her with pitying eyes, and the
captain had one hand over his bronzed face.
The big guns continued to boom all that af-
ternoon, but did not hear them | had
something else to think of.-Atiantd Con-
SfifufiOu
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Compiled from the latest and b'st works on Il
subject by AUNT Matilda'I
Price 40 cents.
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ITIIE END
Two NIeMn Of Life.

A man whose brow betokens brain
Aud power OF thought for lingering strife,
Seeing the sorrow of this life,
Lies by the wayside, there, self-slain.
A ragged beggar passes by,
Whose life Is but a toll for bread;
PASSES the corpse and hangs his head,
And thinks, what fool he was to die"
~ Y MIMI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-08-12

For a woman to say she does not use
Proctor & CANDLES Lenox Soap, is to
admit she is behind the times.
Nobody uses ordinary soap now they
can get Lemon"
The Washington critic., 1887-02-11
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mn. AND MRs. WIN. AsToR are at Monte
Carlo, which resort is stated to be crowded
rs 1t has never been crowded before In
years.
EX-GovERNoR HoADLY will be given
complimentary banquet by leading Gin
cinuati men on the eve of his departure to
live in New York.
THERE arc ,12G living graduates of VIII
llams' College, and Of these all but 81 have
been under the personal instructions of cx-
President Mark Hopkins.
That portion of the Crown jewels which
Is soon to be sold In Paris, is valued at
about $1,600,000. 1t is intmated that Mrs.
Mackay will be large purchaser.
Mn. j. Il. RANDALL has been requested by
ScrjJa1's Monthly to furnish an autograph
copy of his "Maryland, My Maryland,r
which will appear In in early number.
DR. GERsrER, brother OK the celebrated
piima donna, is making collection OF In
stantauCous photographs of difficult sur.t-
cal operations, for tue Ierelt Of students.
TIE principle most forcibly illustrated in
the last labor movement is that the longer 4
strike lasts the greater will he the number
Of strikers who Will want situations when Il
is oyer.-[N. Y. Graphic.
JonS Z. CALHOUN OF South Carolina,
graudson Of the great Eu'llllor, has thc
second largest cotton field IN the United
States. He ewus captain IN the Confederate
service at lS and is now IL,
GENERAL SHERMAN was Glned in New
York Wednesday evening 10y General unI
Mre InNt.tl.11 I,, ate
General Schofcl, General sickles, Cyrus
W. Field and Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncy NJ.
DCpew.
TIE Chicago Nail Gays that the folding
bed industry Of that city, which has been
ignored in all the trade reviews, amounts to
well on to a million dollars year. There
were sold there In 1856 IL 200 of these do
mestic convenlences.
Hon. CHAuScEY F. BLACK, ex-Lieuten-
ant-Governor Of Pennsylvania, was pre-
sented yesterday with solid silver table-set
by his late associates In the State Senate,
Chairman Cooper of the Republican State
Committee making the presentation.
JEREMIAH O'DoSovAS Rosa, jr., lives
in Chicago. He is eight years old, the
grandson Of the great Rosa and the boys
call him "Dynamlten Consequently he
has no sympathy with the cause for which
his grandfather lives and moves and has his
being,-[N. Y. Sun.
The milk-dealers Of the city OF New
York paid to .the producers last year SS,-
774,40O, estimating the price at three cents
quart. The milk they used must have
cost the consumers over Sl7,O00,0O0, and
the Morning journal wonders that no or.
ganization is effected by which this business
can be conducted at less than 6j per ceIs.
profit.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-11
The Princeton Explosion.

EDITOR CRITIC During the adminlstri-
tlon Of John Tyler In February or March,
lS43 or 4, one of his secretaries invited the
President and others TO go down the Po-
tomac and witness an experiment on
new piece Of ordnance. Tue result was the
bursting Of the guu, the death of several
distinguished men aud the narrow escape OF
the President. a trip to Mount Vernon has
brought the matter to my mind, with a de-
sire to recall the names Of the persons
Killed and the precise date OF the accident.
Can you furnish the Information?
WAsHlNGToN, Feb II. S, S. W.
THE disaster referred to occurred Febru-
ary 2S, 1913, on the steamer Princeton. The
persons killed by the explosion were Abel
p. Upshur of Virginia, Secretary OF State
Thomas W. Gllmer OF Virginia, Secretary
Of tie Navy; Commodore Keunon OF the
Navy; Virgil MaXey, late United States
Charge d'AflalTes at the Hague; Mr..
Gardiner Of New York, whose daughter
Mr., Tyler subsequently married, and two
seamen.-Ep. CHITIC.1
The Washington critic., 1887-02-11
4 Worry Particular "CoIoneI.n

Says a Washington special to the Cincin
natl Commercial Gazette: The other evening
some visitors to the Capital got hold of one
Of the "Colonels," who, with companions
in high-toned poverty, usually loiter in the
lobby Of Willard's Hotel. They took him
glGts to the brim and running over, the
Colonel lifted 1t to his lips, saying to his
new-found friends; "Remember, gentlemen,
the fact of my drinking with you does not
entltle you to address me on the street"
The Washington critic., 1887-02-11
Eou,Itn rgnn,,,.

Amateur Actor Ito fhend) What did you
think Of my Hamlet, CharleyY ~
Dear Friend-Imm.nse In ono part OF
the play yen were equal to Booth,
Amateur Actor-What part was that,
Charley
Dear Friend Where Polonius gives his
parting advice To Lacrtcs,
Amateur hctor-But / was behind the
scenes, then.
Dear Fllcnd-so Is Booth.-LPucli.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-11

ACCoRuIHG 10 somn gUcs7ers Mr,
Wanamaker paid 100000 for Nun
kacsy's "Christ Before PLATE" Others
say S125,OOO. The more they guess
the better the advertisement.